Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Say it like you mean it

I just got word of an event that some people might be interested in. The title was what grabbed me: "Show me the money!" As in: If the CWB is improving the bottom line on my farm, show me the money!

It baffles me at times that some farmers are so trusting of the CWB that they forget to ask where the benefits are. Even farmers I know who aren't passionately for or against the single-desk can acknowledge that if the monopoly powers of the board were taken away that the price they receive for their wheat wouldn't suddenly decline.

I am not a 'shout-it-from-every-rooftop' kind of guy. I am not going to quote entire scenes from the movie Jerry Maguire, but I am going ask and I hope everyone else does the same: CWB - Show me the money.